Second Call for Papers and Posters: Aluminum: History, Techn

Second Call for Papers and Posters: Aluminum: History, Technology and Conservation

April 7-10, 2014

Deadline for abstracts extended until September 15

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The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation MetalWorking Group, in partnership with the Foundation of the American Institutefor Conservation and the Lunder Conservation Center, is pleased to announcethe first ever conference on the history, technology and conservation ofaluminum alloys. This interdisciplinary conference will bring togetherspecialists from the fields of conservation, scientific research, andindustry to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and expertise in thedeterioration and conservation of aluminum alloys.

The conference will be held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, McEvoyAuditorium in Washington D.C. from April 7-9. A one-day workshop will behosted by the Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory at the National Air andSpace Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia on April10.